Thursday, February 17, 2011

A ballot listing each category's nominees will be given to all attendees of Malice Domestic 23, which will be held April 29-May 1, 2011. Attendees will vote by secret ballot, the ballots will be tabulated and the winners will be announced at the 2010 Agatha Awards banquet to be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011.

◊ Best Non-FictionThe Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum (Penguin)Sherlock Holmes for Dummies by Stephen Doyle & David A. Crowder (For Dummies)Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: 50 Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran (Harper)Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang by Yunte Huang (Norton)Have Faith in Your Kitchen by Katherine Hall Page (Orchises Press)

◊ Best Children's/Young AdultTheodore Boone, Kid Lawyer by John Grisham (Dutton)Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus by R. L. LaFevers (Houghton Mifflin)The Agency: A Spy in the House by Y. S. Lee (Candlewick)Virals by Kathy Reichs (Razorbill)The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith (Atheneum)

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It's springtime in Savannah, the azaleas and magnolias are in bloom, and Reagan Summerside's consignment shop, the Prissy Fox, is bustling with customers out to enjoy the beautiful weather. On a day like today, what could go wrong?

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